United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division
World Fertility Patterns 2007
(United Nations Publication, Sales No. E.08.XIII.4).
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Trends in total fertility, age patterns of fertility and timing of childbearing
Country or area	Year	Total fertility per woman	Age-specific fertility rate (per 1000 women)							Mean age at childbearing	Year	Total fertility per woman	Age-specific fertility rate (per 1000 women)							Mean age at childbearing
			15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49				15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)	(17)	(18)	(19)	(20)
WORLD	1970-1975	4.5	71	231	242	181	121	55	16	29.0	2000-2005	2.6	55	159	157	95	47	16	4	27.4
More developed regions	1970-1975	2.1	41	147	147	80	36	10	1	27.0	2000-2005	1.6	24	74	95	81	35	6	0	28.2
Less developed regions (excluding least developed countries)	1970-1975	5.2	70	254	272	219	153	75	22	29.6	2000-2005	2.6	47	164	160	87	41	14	4	27.2
Least developed countries	1970-1975	6.6	150	289	289	246	186	100	39	29.4	2000-2005	5.0	130	237	228	184	124	61	22	28.5
AFRICA	1970-1975	6.7	132	275	290	246	187	106	48	29.8	2000-2005	5.0	116	223	234	199	137	64	21	29.0
Eastern Africa	1970-1975	7.0	126	297	311	270	219	125	57	30.2	2000-2005	5.6	120	255	253	219	158	82	34	29.4
Burundi	1980	7.9	93	282	336	328	261	200	82	31.6	2002	5.6	30	200	280	260	200	120	30	31.4
Comoros	1980	7.1	135	327	338	277	179	81	75	29.6	1994	5.1	66	196	237	246	164	78	29	30.4
Djibouti	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2002	4.2	27	114	176	211	167	97	53	32.7
Eritrea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2000	5.2	85	199	214	213	183	102	51	30.9
Ethiopia	1981	6.8	115	273	299	264	225	125	65	30.6	2003	5.7	109	242	253	240	166	96	35	29.9
Kenya	1969	7.6	132	331	337	294	223	135	68	30.2	2001	5.0	116	248	231	196	128	58	19	28.6
Madagascar	1975	6.4	132	272	280	232	195	122	45	30.0	2001	5.4	154	256	239	195	144	76	19	28.5
Malawi	1977	7.6	165	341	334	304	241	119	16	29.3	2003	6.1	160	291	252	222	162	88	38	28.9
Mauritius	1972	3.4	50	189	191	130	88	32	4	28.4	2002	1.9	36	116	117	73	35	9	0	27.3
Mozambique	1970	6.7	133	294	271	235	196	140	71	30.4	2001	5.6	185	252	235	191	142	76	47	28.7
Réunion	1970	4.4	62	239	217	171	125	59	8	29.0	2003	2.4	37	104	140	107	62	21	1	28.7
Rwanda	1978	8.7	49	302	405	377	309	198	91	32.0	2003	5.9	44	232	292	261	207	118	34	31.1
Somalia	1975	7.0	58	248	321	293	256	132	89	31.8	2001	5.7	35	221	288	274	191	105	30	31.0
Uganda	1969	7.1	198	341	322	253	189	87	35	28.5	2004	6.8	159	314	309	262	191	93	31	29.0
United Republic of Tanzania	1971	7.1	152	336	325	263	200	102	43	29.3	2003	5.7	139	266	252	220	157	79	21	28.9
Zambia	1980	7.2	153	318	323	289	225	115	17	29.3	2000	5.9	161	267	247	220	168	83	28	28.9
Zimbabwe	1969	6.7	79	272	304	257	218	145	73	31.2	2004	3.9	101	205	179	143	90	46	12	28.2
Middle Africa	1970-1975	6.5	177	289	272	218	155	100	42	28.9	2000-2005	6.2	189	293	269	227	159	81	24	28.3
Angola	1970	6.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1996	6.9	146	319	319	261	204	100	35	29.3
Cameroon	1976	6.4	187	295	277	220	155	106	41	28.8	2002	5.2	141	242	236	200	137	58	18	28.4
Central African Republic	1975	5.8	172	278	251	209	136	78	45	28.7	1993	5.2	157	234	232	196	123	61	27	28.4
Chad	1964	5.4	171	282	229	168	128	63	40	28.2	2002	6.6	193	306	295	269	173	68	17	28.2
Congo	1974	7.0	156	305	305	255	203	122	52	29.7	2003	4.7	132	209	202	181	131	64	23	28.9
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1971	6.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1995	7.3	125	309	334	274	221	140	50	30.2
Equatorial Guinea	1983	5.6	147	280	264	191	142	60	38	28.5	2001	5.6	128	260	254	164	155	109	52	29.7
Gabon	1970	4.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1998	4.3	144	193	178	176	101	48	11	28.0
Sao Tome and Principe	1981	7.2	145	343	330	288	215	111	15	29.2	2001	4.7	91	216	202	185	154	64	20	29.5
Northern Africa	1970-1975	6.5	74	242	314	268	211	98	37	30.5	2000-2005	3.2	37	136	174	148	92	35	9	29.6
Algeria	1977	7.4	97	285	342	336	267	129	27	30.5	1998	2.4	6	59	119	134	105	43	9	32.1
Egypt	1970	5.4	22	157	288	257	213	96	45	31.9	2003	3.2	48	182	195	129	65	20	3	27.9
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	1973	6.8	201	334	328	241	161	65	31	28.0	1993	4.1	7	74	181	229	193	109	24	33.3
Morocco	1977	5.9	93	265	296	222	178	98	29	29.8	2002	2.6	35	110	129	126	81	32	6	29.7
Sudan	1973	7.1	142	337	355	277	195	72	36	28.9	1992	4.5	51	169	214	212	161	66	37	30.8
Tunisia	1970	6.1	46	254	302	273	206	96	40	30.7	1999	2.1	8	67	123	121	73	23	3	30.7
Western Sahara	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Southern Africa	1970-1975	5.6	114	220	208	170	140	77	28	29.3	2000-2005	2.9	70	143	145	109	71	30	10	28.3
Botswana	1971	6.5	96	277	276	243	198	138	71	30.8	2001	3.3	51	149	135	128	105	62	24	30.3
Lesotho	1975	5.8	102	268	258	233	173	94	30	29.7	2003	4.1	98	211	184	145	116	57	12	28.6
Namibia	1988	5.9	204	282	252	172	168	82	28	28.3	1998	4.2	88	170	174	163	127	76	38	30.2
South Africa	1980	4.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2001	2.9	65	126	143	120	75	30	10	28.8
Swaziland	1976	6.8	168	318	311	264	198	96	14	..	1997	4.4	73	193	199	163	131	65	50	30.2
Western Africa	1970-1975	7.0	172	289	283	239	164	104	54	29.3	2000-2005	5.8	147	244	269	233	164	74	23	29.0
Benin	1980	7.1	151	314	329	278	193	99	51	29.4	1999	5.8	108	255	267	243	165	87	31	29.6
Burkina Faso	1985	7.2	152	328	321	279	215	104	38	29.4	2001	6.2	131	275	271	241	181	106	42	29.7
Cape Verde	1982	5.8	77	225	279	261	200	88	23	30.3	1996	4.2	104	208	188	159	113	61	2	28.5
Côte d'Ivoire	1978	7.4	216	313	300	248	203	132	60	29.4	2003	4.7	132	206	210	181	128	53	23	28.7
Gambia	1973	6.4	200	300	290	210	160	70	40	28.3	1993	6.0	167	272	276	221	159	75	38	28.8
Ghana	1978	6.3	132	257	266	242	169	135	50	30.2	2001	4.6	74	183	214	183	146	77	40	30.4
Guinea	1983	5.8	161	267	269	211	149	72	39	28.8	2003	5.6	153	239	242	217	162	84	24	29.0
Guinea-Bissau	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1991	6.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liberia	1984	6.6	184	285	272	223	181	114	63	29.5	2005	5.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mali	1985	6.9	201	291	288	260	193	112	40	29.1	1999	6.9	192	290	286	263	202	110	39	29.2
Mauritania	1979	6.2	155	264	290	242	168	86	44	29.3	2001	4.6	88	168	191	188	146	94	43	30.7
Niger	1960	7.1	175	341	306	259	191	99	47	29.0	2004	7.1	199	302	296	271	203	105	44	29.1
Nigeria	1980	6.3	173	284	274	231	147	100	60	29.2	2002	5.7	126	246	272	237	171	69	25	29.2
Senegal	1976	7.2	188	304	331	270	197	106	36	29.1	2003	5.2	100	212	242	223	165	77	22	29.7
Sierra Leone	1973	6.5	212	296	280	210	169	81	54	28.6	1992	6.6	178	302	325	252	152	54	58	28.6
Togo	1970	6.6	122	292	288	245	194	117	71	30.3	1996	5.4	89	224	251	214	172	93	37	30.2
ASIA	1970-1975	5.0	66	253	274	215	147	71	20	29.5	2000-2005	2.5	41	164	159	81	35	12	3	27.0
Eastern Asia	1970-1975	4.5	35	249	293	226	153	69	8	29.7	2000-2005	1.7	2	121	140	52	12	2	0	26.9
China	1970	5.7	39	278	308	252	179	83	10	29.9	2002	1.4	3	113	106	43	10	2	0	26.6
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	1970	3.3	18	135	230	159	86	30	5	29.5	2005	1.0	4	34	64	62	28	5	0	29.8
China, Macao Special Administrative Region	1970	2.0	3	68	130	90	78	35	4	31.1	2004	0.8	4	29	57	54	22	4	0	29.7
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1993	2.2	0	49	265	101	19	3	1	28.7
Japan	1970	2.1	5	97	209	86	20	3	0	27.8	2004	1.3	6	36	86	86	35	5	0	29.9
Mongolia	1973	7.5	83	202	364	368	300	137	44	31.5	2000	2.3	28	148	136	86	40	14	4	27.7
Republic of Korea	1970	4.3	13	174	298	207	111	43	8	29.8	2004	1.2	2	22	105	90	20	3	0	29.8
South-Central Asia	1970-1975	5.5	90	259	255	196	132	70	31	29.2	2000-2005	3.2	69	213	179	101	49	17	6	26.9
Afghanistan	1973	8.2	168	359	355	307	235	137	81	30.0	2001	6.8	151	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bangladesh	1973	6.1	219	304	260	214	142	64	12	27.5	2003	3.0	135	192	135	83	41	16	3	25.5
Bhutan	1984	5.9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2000	4.7	62	245	249	162	116	80	24	29.4
India	1981	4.9	75	256	253	186	120	63	29	29.2	2004	2.8	97	214	143	66	27	8	3	25.2
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1975	6.4	174	278	263	230	177	124	36	29.3	2000	2.2	35	110	131	90	48	16	4	28.3
Kazakhstan	1970	3.3	30	192	178	135	83	34	9	28.9	2003	2.0	26	136	120	76	38	8	0	27.4
Kyrgyzstan	1970	4.9	41	261	225	199	155	70	20	29.8	2004	2.6	27	168	148	100	54	16	3	27.9
Maldives	1983	6.8	207	331	323	258	151	65	19	27.8	2006	2.1	8	94	128	102	62	25	4	29.9
Nepal	1974	6.0	131	283	287	236	159	79	27	29.0	2004	3.3	106	233	152	92	55	23	3	26.3
Pakistan	1970	6.0	58	223	261	252	200	124	85	31.8	2003	4.0	24	163	230	190	119	49	19	30.3
Sri Lanka	1971	4.2	40	184	232	199	131	40	6	29.5	1996	2.3	29	89	129	111	82	20	2	29.6
Tajikistan	1970	5.9	40	261	268	251	216	109	36	30.9	1994	3.6	57	240	192	134	70	26	5	27.6
Turkmenistan	1970	5.7	32	271	276	251	213	62	31	30.4	1998	3.0	29	192	204	113	50	16	2	27.7
Uzbekistan	1970	5.6	42	261	265	246	195	92	27	30.5	2001	2.9	40	235	171	94	36	8	1	26.5
South-Eastern Asia	1970-1975	5.6	86	234	275	232	160	80	24	29.7	2000-2005	2.5	40	126	148	103	62	20	3	28.4
Brunei Darussalam	1970	5.8	78	323	302	233	153	57	23	28.9	2000	2.4	31	93	129	113	84	28	2	29.8
Cambodia	1960	7.0	102	306	323	295	233	118	25	30.0	2003	3.4	52	178	177	139	94	41	5	28.8
Indonesia	1969	5.6	155	286	273	211	124	55	17	27.9	2001	2.6	54	135	139	101	61	19	5	28.2
Lao People's Democratic Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2005	4.6	110	220	240	190	110	40	0	28.0
Malaysia	1970	4.7	54	233	236	216	126	54	15	29.4	2000	3.0	12	92	189	164	98	33	3	30.5
Myanmar	1983	4.7	43	186	227	210	171	88	21	30.8	1999	2.6	29	101	133	117	85	37	12	30.3
Philippines	1971	6.0	56	228	302	268	212	100	28	30.7	2001	3.6	55	182	190	146	93	44	6	28.9
Singapore	1970	3.1	26	140	210	139	75	27	5	29.1	2004	1.3	7	34	84	94	38	7	0	30.2
Thailand	1967	6.2	89	267	299	260	206	100	19	29.9	1995	2.0	70	119	108	66	26	6	1	26.0
Timor-Leste	1972	5.1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1993	4.7	49	213	243	212	153	51	16	29.8
Viet Nam	1980	5.3	13	150	285	268	187	119	41	32.1	2000	1.9	25	138	114	60	26	10	2	27.0
Western Asia	1970-1975	5.7	89	289	304	240	171	75	27	29.4	2000-2005	3.2	45	152	178	135	83	32	11	29.1
Armenia	1970	3.2	41	216	169	115	66	21	5	27.8	2004	1.4	30	128	76	30	11	2	0	25.2
Azerbaijan	1970	4.6	37	233	234	205	143	50	10	29.6	2004	1.8	31	144	107	52	22	6	1	26.3
Bahrain	1971	6.7	288	411	328	188	95	24	6	25.6	2000	3.1	14	124	200	152	93	32	6	30.0
Cyprus	1970	2.7	21	150	181	113	60	19	4	28.6	2003	1.5	5	52	108	87	38	9	1	29.7
Georgia	1970	2.7	36	190	155	94	47	12	2	27.2	2004	1.6	47	109	85	47	18	7	0	25.9
Iraq	1974	7.1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2000	2.8	17	111	161	147	85	33	13	30.3
Israel	1970	3.9	50	210	232	177	90	21	3	28.3	2004	2.9	15	113	174	162	91	23	2	29.9
Jordan	1974	7.6	124	343	365	332	240	103	19	29.5	2001	3.7	30	151	208	186	118	44	5	30.0
Kuwait	1970	6.7	130	315	339	276	208	57	15	28.8	2004	2.1	15	103	120	97	64	25	4	29.6
Lebanon	1970	4.6	40	184	259	214	134	65	18	30.2	2001	1.9	18	77	120	97	47	13	5	29.3
Occupied Palestinian Territory	1970	7.5	55	242	340	343	330	129	56	31.7	2006	4.7	60	233	248	204	133	50	8	29.1
Oman	1983	9.3	315	409	396	348	241	146	..	28.1	2003	3.6	11	94	199	191	136	62	20	31.8
Qatar	1985	4.5	43	169	261	215	131	51	27	30.2	2004	2.8	19	132	170	119	84	33	7	29.7
Saudi Arabia	1985	6.5	55	236	328	273	251	111	37	31.0	2004	3.1	15	66	228	118	98	59	30	31.7
Syrian Arab Republic	1970	7.7	83	357	389	335	236	123	12	29.8	1999	3.8	58	165	189	177	121	42	17	29.7
Turkey	1970	5.7	89	293	283	222	157	62	31	29.1	2001	2.4	51	142	141	84	38	12	2	27.1
United Arab Emirates	1983	8.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1996	4.1	37	166	281	191	87	37	17	29.4
Yemen	1977	8.5	175	346	346	334	229	197	75	30.4	2002	6.2	83	245	286	255	182	111	69	30.8
EUROPE	1970-1975	2.2	36	151	134	80	41	11	1	27.2	2000-2005	1.4	20	70	87	73	31	6	0	28.2
Eastern Europe	1970-1975	2.2	36	163	117	72	36	9	1	26.8	2000-2005	1.3	28	88	77	42	15	3	0	26.3
Belarus	1970	2.3	20	162	135	87	43	12	1	27.7	2004	1.2	22	89	75	39	13	2	0	26.2
Bulgaria	1970	2.2	72	188	111	46	15	3	0	24.7	2002	1.2	40	82	73	34	10	2	0	25.3
Czech Republic	1970	1.9	48	173	102	41	13	3	0	25.0	2003	1.2	11	54	94	57	18	3	0	28.0
Hungary	1970	2.0	53	159	109	51	19	4	0	25.5	2004	1.3	21	52	88	66	25	4	0	28.2
Moldova	1969	2.6	28	164	135	100	62	21	3	28.2	2003	1.2	29	90	68	41	14	3	0	26.0
Poland	1971	2.3	30	171	129	72	36	11	1	26.9	2004	1.2	14	61	89	55	22	5	0	28.0
Romania	1970	2.9	66	202	151	96	48	13	2	26.7	2003	1.3	33	80	79	42	16	3	0	26.3
Russian Federation	1970	2.0	30	152	108	68	33	9	1	26.9	2004	1.3	28	93	80	46	18	3	0	26.4
Slovakia	1970	2.4	40	195	137	70	30	8	1	26.3	2002	1.2	21	69	83	46	16	3	0	27.0
Ukraine	1970	2.1	35	165	113	68	31	7	1	26.5	2003	1.2	29	94	67	33	11	2	0	25.6
Northern Europe	1970-1975	2.1	42	139	141	75	34	9	1	26.9	2000-2005	1.7	21	65	99	97	46	9	0	29.1
Channel Islands	1981	1.5	16	65	107	70	27	5	0	28.2	1996	1.4	24	37	92	89	41	6	..	29.3
Denmark	1970	2.0	32	129	139	67	25	5	0	26.8	2004	1.8	6	45	126	126	47	8	0	30.1
Estonia	1970	2.2	33	159	131	73	30	7	1	26.7	2003	1.4	21	74	89	59	26	5	0	27.7
Finland	1970	1.8	32	117	112	64	31	9	1	27.1	2004	1.8	11	58	116	111	51	11	1	29.9
Iceland	1970	2.8	74	166	142	101	57	20	4	27.3	2003	2.0	16	76	130	116	48	12	0	29.3
Ireland	1970	3.9	16	144	227	202	132	45	4	30.4	2003	2.0	19	51	93	133	81	16	0	30.8
Latvia	1970	2.0	28	147	119	70	32	8	1	27.0	2004	1.2	16	70	78	53	25	6	0	27.9
Lithuania	1970	2.4	24	159	143	88	48	15	1	27.8	2004	1.3	19	71	88	49	20	4	0	27.4
Norway	1970	2.5	46	166	149	88	41	11	1	27.0	2004	1.8	8	60	124	117	49	8	0	29.7
Sweden	1970	1.9	33	119	128	69	28	6	0	27.0	2002	1.6	7	48	109	111	47	9	0	30.1
United Kingdom	1972	2.2	48	141	143	71	30	8	0	26.6	2002	1.6	27	69	92	90	43	9	1	28.7
Southern Europe	1970-1975	2.5	29	138	165	106	58	19	2	28.4	2000-2005	1.4	12	47	81	86	40	7	1	29.7
Albania	1970	5.1	38	263	273	212	146	68	23	29.8	2001	2.6	27	168	172	108	35	8	1	27.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1970	2.7	47	178	145	94	54	20	3	27.5	1998	1.6	25	117	96	53	23	5	0	26.7
Croatia	1970	1.8	48	136	98	54	23	6	1	26.0	2004	1.4	14	66	93	67	25	5	0	28.2
Greece	1970	2.4	38	143	152	94	42	9	1	27.4	2003	1.3	11	44	82	78	35	6	1	29.5
Italy	1970	2.4	27	129	153	99	53	16	1	28.3	2003	1.3	7	36	78	85	42	8	0	30.3
Malta	1975	2.2	17	119	150	91	42	14	0	28.2	2002	1.4	17	49	108	72	29	5	0	28.6
Montenegro	1970	2.7	29	159	151	104	54	19	4	28.1	2005	1.6	16	80	106	76	34	8	1	28.4
Portugal	1970	3.0	31	154	177	124	80	33	3	29.0	2004	1.4	19	48	85	84	36	7	1	29.2
Serbia	1971	2.3	63	168	123	64	29	10	1	26.0	2005	1.5	24	83	95	63	23	4	0	27.3
Slovenia	1970	2.1	42	152	114	70	34	10	1	26.7	2003	1.2	6	44	95	71	22	4	0	28.9
Spain	1970	2.9	14	123	199	133	77	27	3	29.5	2002	1.3	10	28	65	96	47	8	0	30.8
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	1970	3.0	43	198	185	103	49	16	3	27.3	2004	1.5	23	91	110	59	19	3	0	27.0
Western Europe	1970-1975	1.9	41	148	131	77	38	10	1	27.0	2000-2005	1.6	9	53	108	98	40	7	0	29.5
Austria	1970	2.3	59	155	116	76	41	11	1	26.7	2004	1.4	14	58	96	77	32	6	0	28.8
Belgium	1970	2.3	32	150	144	77	36	10	1	27.1	1997	1.6	5	52	127	88	33	6	0	29.3
France	1970	2.5	37	167	150	88	41	11	1	27.2	2003	1.9	8	55	127	119	52	12	1	30.0
Germany	1970	2.0	49	136	111	68	33	8	1	26.6	2004	1.4	11	50	86	81	36	6	0	29.3
Luxembourg	1970	2.0	28	133	126	65	33	9	1	27.2	2004	1.7	11	58	109	108	47	8	0	29.7
Netherlands	1970	2.6	23	137	183	107	49	14	1	28.2	2003	1.7	7	41	108	129	53	7	0	30.4
Switzerland	1970	2.1	22	125	140	84	38	10	1	27.8	2002	1.4	5	41	90	95	40	7	0	30.1
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN	1970-1975	5.0	79	199	196	139	86	35	8	28.1	2000-2005	2.5	80	139	127	88	50	17	3	27.0
Caribbean	1970-1975	4.4	104	232	216	166	116	51	16	28.5	2000-2005	2.6	69	143	129	94	50	17	5	27.4
Aruba	1981	2.5	39	118	118	75	30	6	1	27.0	2002	2.5	37	109	95	75	42	6	1	27.5
Bahamas	1970	3.5	77	199	183	112	82	33	4	27.8	2003	1.9	46	98	96	79	45	12	1	27.8
Barbados	1970	3.0	94	164	156	102	60	25	4	27.2	2003	1.8	51	98	87	76	39	10	1	27.3
Cuba	1970	3.7	128	227	164	116	73	26	4	26.7	2003	1.6	47	98	90	60	25	5	0	26.5
Dominican Republic	1973	5.7	123	286	265	233	166	54	15	28.6	2001	3.0	118	189	146	92	39	9	1	25.6
Grenada	1964	5.9	123	287	275	231	181	66	7	28.7	2000	2.5	53	107	133	114	64	27	0	28.6
Guadeloupe	1970	4.6	65	197	232	209	139	64	9	29.6	2003	2.2	25	81	133	109	65	19	1	29.4
Haiti	1975	5.5	57	204	266	226	178	116	54	31.3	2003	4.0	69	158	176	180	133	65	15	30.0
Jamaica	1970	5.5	167	302	268	190	127	47	8	27.4	2004	1.9	65	103	86	70	45	16	1	27.3
Martinique	1970	4.4	59	191	232	191	130	68	7	29.6	2003	1.9	26	68	117	99	57	17	1	29.4
Netherlands Antilles	1971	3.1	49	151	169	130	83	30	4	28.7	2004	1.9	41	96	104	81	42	10	0	27.7
Puerto Rico	1970	3.2	73	194	182	103	56	21	3	27.1	2003	1.8	59	113	91	58	24	5	0	25.9
Saint Lucia	1975	5.5	162	275	271	195	128	59	9	27.8	2002	1.8	51	96	84	76	46	14	1	27.7
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1977	4.4	144	222	194	161	100	53	0	27.6	2000	2.4	71	129	100	80	73	16	1	27.6
Trinidad and Tobago	1971	3.6	85	199	194	131	83	28	4	27.7	2002	1.6	35	96	91	63	32	8	0	27.3
United States Virgin Islands	1970	5.3	230	288	250	161	96	31	4	26.2	1993	3.1	92	183	163	112	57	10	1	26.6
Central America	1970-1975	6.4	123	290	290	248	177	83	20	29.1	2000-2005	2.7	79	145	139	96	55	16	3	27.2
Belize	1970	6.2	142	309	302	239	173	75	9	28.5	2002	3.4	90	193	169	127	76	29	4	27.5
Costa Rica	1970	4.9	103	237	231	188	144	69	12	29.0	2003	2.6	77	153	143	94	46	13	1	26.8
El Salvador	1971	6.0	143	291	273	226	181	71	22	28.8	2001	3.0	104	165	144	86	66	29	1	27.0
Guatemala	1972	6.3	145	304	285	235	184	80	20	28.8	2000	4.5	120	235	216	158	121	44	7	28.0
Honduras	1972	7.5	171	317	339	307	221	127	18	29.3	2003	3.4	108	174	158	122	77	34	6	27.6
Mexico	1974	6.2	114	290	294	254	178	84	21	29.2	2000	3.3	94	178	170	119	63	22	6	27.3
Nicaragua	1983	5.8	182	275	264	208	150	62	17	27.1	1999	3.3	119	182	149	114	67	28	6	27.0
Panama	1970	5.0	134	280	246	174	115	40	8	27.5	2002	2.4	84	134	113	87	46	13	1	26.7
South America	1970-1975	4.7	72	197	212	165	114	53	14	29.1	2000-2005	2.5	81	137	121	84	48	17	3	27.0
Argentina	1970	3.2	68	163	175	123	71	26	7	28.1	2001	2.5	62	119	126	108	60	18	1	28.0
Bolivia	1973	6.5	95	272	303	272	209	109	40	30.3	2001	4.1	97	193	191	156	118	54	15	28.9
Brazil	1980	3.9	58	182	204	160	109	52	13	29.4	2000	2.1	71	124	107	71	39	0	0	26.1
Chile	1970	3.3	69	173	168	118	81	40	7	28.4	2003	1.9	49	88	95	82	47	13	1	28.0
Colombia	1974	4.7	101	230	221	172	130	62	23	29.0	2003	2.4	92	134	117	81	48	15	2	26.6
Ecuador	1977	5.3	103	240	261	203	163	81	17	29.3	2004	3.3	100	177	154	119	73	29	3	27.4
French Guiana	1973	3.9	101	263	177	120	80	34	6	27.1	2003	4.0	104	202	237	144	85	27	2	27.5
Guyana	1973	4.9	114	283	242	184	112	42	6	27.7	2003	2.7	90	159	126	85	53	14	3	26.6
Paraguay	1977	5.0	86	221	239	207	150	74	16	29.5	2003	3.0	65	150	142	122	69	36	15	28.7
Peru	1975	5.5	86	232	266	237	169	91	28	30.0	2002	2.5	59	114	122	104	70	21	5	28.5
Suriname	1970	5.6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2003	2.5	62	125	140	103	55	17	1	27.7
Uruguay	1970	2.7	63	148	142	105	57	24	3	27.8	2002	2.1	64	103	107	90	50	14	1	27.5
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	1970	5.7	114	281	288	210	167	61	14	28.7	2002	2.3	81	129	110	80	43	14	2	26.7
NORTHERN AMERICA	1970-1975	2.0	66	165	145	74	32	8	1	26.2	2000-2005	2.0	41	99	113	94	43	8	1	27.8
Canada	1970	2.3	42	138	143	79	38	11	1	27.1	2003	1.5	14	53	99	94	39	7	0	29.3
United States of America	1970	2.5	68	168	145	73	32	8	1	26.1	2002	2.0	43	104	114	92	41	8	0	27.6
OCEANIA	1970-1975	3.2	45	154	164	93	44	13	1	27.3	2000-2005	2.4	33	104	139	124	62	17	3	29.0
Australia/New Zealand	1970-1975	2.6	53	178	191	101	45	12	1	27.0	2000-2005	1.8	19	59	105	112	53	10	0	29.7
Australia	1970	2.9	51	172	190	102	45	12	1	27.1	2003	1.8	16	54	103	113	54	10	0	29.9
New Zealand	1970	3.1	62	209	200	100	45	12	1	26.7	2004	2.1	27	76	110	128	61	13	1	29.4
Melanesia	1970-1975	5.8	18	60	60	49	35	17	5	29.4	2000-2005	4.1	64	207	229	160	92	49	18	28.9
Fiji	1972	4.1	58	248	215	162	90	43	10	28.4	2002	2.5	35	161	144	94	52	14	8	27.9
New Caledonia	1970	5.3	127	311	243	180	126	62	8	27.9	2003	2.3	20	116	136	110	59	9	0	28.6
Papua New Guinea	1971	6.2	69	272	287	248	186	110	62	30.7	1994	4.8	77	229	234	189	122	82	35	29.8
Solomon Islands	1973	7.4	146	296	328	305	225	141	42	30.1	1998	4.8	72	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vanuatu	1976	6.6	91	294	327	265	179	110	45	30.0	1999	4.8	92	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Micronesia	1970-1975	5.4	101	295	296	222	146	76	8	28.7	2000-2005	3.0	46	132	144	127	84	31	7	29.2
Guam	1970	4.8	96	280	267	161	103	41	3	27.7	2003	2.7	53	150	144	113	61	15	1	27.8
Micronesia, Federated States of	1973	7.4	107	316	348	338	225	129	15	29.9	2000	4.4	44	191	225	202	139	69	18	30.2
Polynesia	1970-1975	6.7	109	379	353	249	156	79	11	28.4	2000-2005	3.3	36	144	183	158	91	31	7	29.4
French Polynesia	1968	6.7	109	379	353	249	156	79	11	28.4	2006	2.2	50	113	120	88	53	14	2	27.9
Samoa	1970	7.0	61	300	365	303	240	100	31	30.3	2001	4.3	34	188	222	201	147	65	10	30.2
Tonga	1966	7.1	55	270	378	340	230	125	24	30.6	2003	3.9	17	125	221	214	149	46	5	30.8
Notes
The data presented in this chart are for countries and areas whose population in 2007 was greater than 100,000. The term country refers also to territories or areas, irrespective to their legal status or the delimitation of their frontiers or boundaries.
Countries and areas are grouped geographically into six major areas: Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America and the Caribbean; Northern America; and Oceania. These major areas are further divided into 21 geographical regions. In addition, for statistical convenience, the regions are classified as belonging to either of two categories: more developed or less developed. The less developed regions include all the regions of Africa, Asia (excluding Japan), and Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. The more developed regions comprise Australia/New Zealand, Europe, Northern America and Japan. Countries in the more developed regions are denominated developed countries and those in the less developed regions are denominated developing countries.
The group of least developed countries currently comprises 50 countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Yemen and Zambia.
Two dots (..) indicate that data are not available.
An age-specific fertility rate is defined as the annual number of births to women in a particular age group divided by the number of years lived by the women in that age group. It is expressed as number of births per 1000 women in the age group considered.
Adolescent birth rate is the age-specific fertility rate for women aged 15 to 19.
Mean age at childbearing is the average age mothers would have at the birth of their children if women were subject throughout their lives to the age-specific fertility rates observed in a given year.
Total fertility is the average number of live births a woman would have by age 50 if she were subject, throughout her life, to the age-specific fertility rates observed in a given year. Its calculation assumes that there is no mortality or migration. Total fertility is expressed as number of children per woman.
a Updated data:
Aruba: 1981added.
Bhutan 1984: Total fertility added.
Chad: 1964 added.
Comoros 1980: Age-specific rates added.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1993: Rate for ages 15-19 corrected.
Democratic Republic of the Congo 1995: Age-specific rates added.
Lebanon: Rates for 2001 added (replaces total fertility for 2003).
Maldives: 1983 added.
Papua New Guinea: 1971 added (replaces total fertility for 1980).
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 1977 added.
Samoa 1970, 2001: Data added.
Sao Tome and Principe: 1981added.
Timor Leste: 1972 added.
Tonga: 1966 added.